Joyce J. Scott
"Danger Done" Neckpiece

"Danger Done" Neckpiece

© Joyce J. Scott

"Danger Done" Neckpiece
"Danger Done" Neckpiece
ArtistAmerican, born 1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Danger Done" Neckpiece
Date1994
MediumGlass beads, found objects, and thread
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/4 × 8 × 1 1/2 in. (33.7 × 20.3 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation in honor of Catherine Asher Morgan
Object number2002.4078
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004.

"African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22–May 9, 2004.

"Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 30, 2007–January 27, 2008; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, March 14–July 6, 2008; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, August 16, 2008–January 4, 2009; Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, June 27–September 13, 2009.

"Statements: African American Art from the Museum's Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 24–September 25, 2016.

"Mending: Craft and Community, Selections from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2018–October 20, 2019.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.

"Crafting America," Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, February 6–May 31, 2021; Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, June 29–September 12, 2021.

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